This table shows the readability data of selected Project Gutenberg eBooks.
Vocabulary Coverage (Difficult: 98%, Appropriate: 99%) |
Conventional Readability Formula |
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| Title | Author | Translator | Born | Died | 90% | 95% | 98% | 99% | 99.5% | 99.9% | Word Count (Pages) | Words per Sentence | Syllables per Word | Fog Index | Flesch Reading Ease | Flesch-Kincaid | |
| Details | The Book of Tea | Okakura, Kakuzo | 1862 | 1913 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
17957 (44) |
19.4 | 1.61 | 13.7 | 51.2 | 10.9 | |
| Details | Walking | Thoreau, Henry David | 1817 | 1862 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 17000 |
12032 (30) |
24.9 | 1.48 | 14.2 | 56.1 | 11.6 | |
| Details | South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition | Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir | 1874 | 1922 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 | 17000 |
144681 (361) |
17.8 | 1.47 | 11.0 | 64.4 | 8.7 | |
| Details | My Reminiscences | Tagore, Rabindranath | 1861 | 1941 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 22000 |
60224 (150) |
20.0 | 1.51 | 12.6 | 58.7 | 10.1 | |
| Details | Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims | La Rochefoucauld, François duc de | Willis Bund, J. W. (John William) | 1613 (1843) | 1680 (1928) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
34123 (85) |
16.4 | 1.53 | 11.9 | 61.2 | 8.8 |
| Details | The Grand Inquisitor | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor | Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna) | 1821 (1831) | 1881 (1891) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 11000 | 15000 |
9588 (23) |
25.6 | 1.46 | 14.5 | 57.7 | 11.6 |
| Details | Tales of the Jazz Age | Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) | 1896 | 1940 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
85222 (213) |
13.4 | 1.49 | 9.3 | 67.4 | 7.2 | |
| Details | Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic frontier | Dreyfus, Suelette | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
151211 (378) |
13.5 | 1.58 | 10.6 | 59.2 | 8.4 | |||
| Details | Ethan Frome | Wharton, Edith | 1862 | 1937 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 14000 |
34572 (86) |
19.4 | 1.39 | 10.3 | 69.7 | 8.4 | |
| Details | The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete | Ames, Azel | 1845 | 1908 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 22000 |
90669 (226) |
21.5 | 1.56 | 13.7 | 53.4 | 11.1 | |
| Details | Swiss Family Robinson | Wyss, Johann David | 1743 | 1818 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
126097 (315) |
24.6 | 1.47 | 14.0 | 57.9 | 11.3 | |
| Details | Love Among the Chickens | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) | 1881 | 1975 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 |
49955 (124) |
11.2 | 1.45 | 7.9 | 72.7 | 5.9 | |
| Details | Essays — First Series | Emerson, Ralph Waldo | 1803 | 1882 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
74343 (185) |
20.7 | 1.49 | 13.0 | 60.1 | 10.0 | |
| Details | The Riddle of the Sands | Childers, Erskine | 1870 | 1922 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
107279 (268) |
16.5 | 1.47 | 10.2 | 66.1 | 8.1 | |
| Details | Mystère de la chambre jaune. English | Leroux, Gaston | 1868 | 1927 | 2000 | 4000 | 9000 | 10000 | 11000 | 19000 |
73022 (182) |
15.8 | 1.5 | 11.3 | 63.7 | 8.3 | |
| Details | The Sea Wolf | London, Jack | 1876 | 1916 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
105143 (262) |
15.0 | 1.43 | 9.1 | 70.8 | 7.1 | |
| Details | The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 | Cooper, James Fenimore | 1789 | 1851 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
148091 (370) |
24.8 | 1.51 | 14.8 | 54.0 | 11.9 | |
| Details | This Side of Paradise | Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) | 1896 | 1940 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 |
79512 (198) |
14.9 | 1.52 | 10.8 | 63.0 | 8.2 | |
| Details | The Wind in the Willows | Grahame, Kenneth | 1859 | 1932 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
57985 (144) |
18.1 | 1.41 | 10.2 | 69.4 | 8.1 | |
| Details | Sons and Lovers | Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) | 1885 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 |
158692 (396) |
9.8 | 1.38 | 6.4 | 80.6 | 4.4 | |
| Details | Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated) | Abbott, Edwin Abbott | 1838 | 1926 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 |
33806 (84) |
24.3 | 1.58 | 15.3 | 48.8 | 12.5 | |
| Details | A Tramp Abroad | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
153271 (383) |
21.7 | 1.47 | 12.5 | 60.1 | 10.3 | |
| Details | The Gods of Mars | Burroughs, Edgar Rice | 1875 | 1950 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 22000 |
82500 (206) |
20.2 | 1.44 | 11.5 | 64.2 | 9.3 | |
| Details | The Book of Mormon | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1805 | 1844 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 |
275021 (687) |
35.8 | 1.39 | 17.5 | 53.1 | 14.7 | |
| Details | Greenmantle | Buchan, John | 1875 | 1940 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
98151 (245) |
14.7 | 1.4 | 8.6 | 73.2 | 6.7 | |
| Details | Twenty Years After | Dumas, Alexandre | 1802 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 22000 |
240798 (601) |
13.6 | 1.46 | 9.9 | 69.5 | 7.0 | |
| Details | White Fang | London, Jack | 1876 | 1916 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 |
71789 (179) |
15.2 | 1.41 | 9.4 | 72.1 | 7.0 | |
| Details | Pascal's Pensées | Pascal, Blaise | 1623 | 1662 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
105254 (263) |
14.7 | 1.47 | 10.6 | 67.6 | 7.5 | |
| Details | On the origin of species | Darwin, Charles | 1809 | 1882 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
153985 (384) |
29.6 | 1.67 | 18.8 | 35.7 | 15.6 | |
| Details | Lord Jim | Conrad, Joseph | 1857 | 1924 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
127361 (318) |
17.0 | 1.45 | 10.4 | 67.2 | 8.1 | |
| Details | The Monk; a romance | Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory) | 1775 | 1818 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
136838 (342) |
17.3 | 1.55 | 12.7 | 58.1 | 9.5 | |
| Details | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Fa | Darwin, Charles | 1809 | 1882 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
154299 (385) |
30.7 | 1.67 | 19.2 | 34.8 | 16.0 | |
| Details | On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls | Beard, Lina | 1857 | 1920 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
57386 (143) |
21.5 | 1.42 | 11.7 | 65.1 | 9.5 | |
| Details | Rainbow Valley | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) | 1874 | 1942 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 |
79562 (198) |
12.6 | 1.41 | 7.9 | 75.1 | 5.9 | |
| Details | Southern Horrors Lynch Law in All Its Phases | Wells-Barnett, Ida B. | 1862 | 1931 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 11000 | 16000 |
9490 (23) |
22.0 | 1.56 | 13.9 | 52.8 | 11.4 | |
| Details | The Wisdom of Father Brown | Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) | 1874 | 1936 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 18000 |
71271 (178) |
19.1 | 1.47 | 11.4 | 63.2 | 9.2 | |
| Details | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater | De Quincey, Thomas | 1785 | 1859 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
38035 (95) |
35.9 | 1.57 | 19.8 | 37.2 | 17.0 | |
| Details | New Atlantis | Bacon, Francis | 1561 | 1626 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
15693 (39) |
33.2 | 1.42 | 17.1 | 52.8 | 14.2 | |
| Details | Father Goriot | Balzac, Honoré de | Marriage, Ellen | 1799 | 1850 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
103094 (257) |
15.2 | 1.44 | 9.6 | 70.0 | 7.3 |
| Details | Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side | Pickthall, Marmaduke William | (1875) | (1936) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 | 18000 |
491525 (1228) |
16.4 | 1.38 | 9.5 | 73.6 | 7.1 | |
| Details | The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem | Josephus, Flavius | Whiston, William | 38 (1667) | 100 (1752) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
233520 (583) |
37.5 | 1.47 | 19.7 | 44.6 | 16.4 |
| Details | Antiquities of the Jews | Josephus, Flavius | Whiston, William | 38 (1667) | 100 (1752) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
531622 (1329) |
37.5 | 1.46 | 19.8 | 44.8 | 16.3 |
| Details | History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | Fielding, Henry | 1707 | 1754 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
348464 (871) |
30.5 | 1.5 | 16.9 | 48.8 | 14.0 | |
| Details | The Man in the Iron Mask | Dumas, Alexandre | 1802 | 1870 | 3000 | 4000 | 9000 | 10000 | 14000 | 24000 |
171959 (429) |
13.8 | 1.49 | 10.2 | 66.8 | 7.4 | |
| Details | The Island of Doctor Moreau | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) | 1866 | 1946 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
43537 (108) |
14.7 | 1.48 | 9.7 | 66.5 | 7.6 | |
| Details | Tarzan of the Apes | Burroughs, Edgar Rice | 1875 | 1950 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 |
84994 (212) |
19.6 | 1.45 | 11.4 | 64.4 | 9.1 | |
| Details | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
93989 (234) |
16.5 | 1.48 | 10.6 | 65.0 | 8.3 | |
| Details | Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete | Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de | 1769 | 1834 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
484139 (1210) |
22.4 | 1.6 | 15.6 | 48.9 | 12.0 | |
| Details | The Coming Race | Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron | 1803 | 1873 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
52320 (130) |
29.3 | 1.56 | 17.2 | 45.2 | 14.2 | |
| Details | Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenome | Ellis, Havelock | 1859 | 1939 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
133904 (334) |
23.8 | 1.71 | 17.1 | 38.2 | 13.8 | |
Notes:
Numbers in the parentheses of the born/died information denotes the translators' born/died year.
Some of the born/died information of the authors and the translators of the wource data, catalog.rdf provided by the Project Gutenberg, have interrogation marks, which were stripped off in the table of this website for ease of processing the data.
The authors and the translators displayed in the table are only one of multiple data stated in the catalog.rdf, if the work is composed by more than one author or translator, for ease of processing the data in this website.
The "Pages" shown in the parentheses at the "Word Count" are the results of the division of the "Word Count" by 400, where this website assumes a page of a book includes 400 words.